Experience

• Florida Atlantic University

  Adjunct Instructor- College of Education

  ~Awarded Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Member for Northern Campuses- April 23, 2012
  ~Taught undergraduate education courses including Reading Diagnosis and Remediation (RED 4552) and Language Arts and Children's Literature (LAE 4353)
  ~ Evaluated students using the Florida Educators Accomplished Practices (FEAP)
  ~ Utilized Blackboard and Canvas LMS for instruction of online classes

• Indian River State College

  Adjunct Instructor

  ~Adjunct Instructor for Reading Prep Course
  ~Create lesson plans to deliver instruction to students
  ~Use assessments for data driven instruction

• Martin County School District

  Literacy Coach

  ~Work collaboratively with teachers to incorporate Balanced Literacy and Lucy Caulkins Teacher's College Units into lesson plans
  ~Team representative for Leadership Committee
  ~Facilitates monthly Literacy SIP meetings
  ~Mentored new teachers
  ~Wrote PEW Fund Grant for summer program
  ~Created a summer reading camp called "Let's Play" for intervention students in grades 1-3 to improve fluency and comprehension
  ~ Created Edivate LMS course for district Professional Development titled "Matching Readers to Text"

• Martin County School District

  Classroom Teacher

  ~Third grade teacher
  ~Member of school's Literacy Committee
  ~Worked with team members to create common assessments and lesson plans
  ~Created a summer reading camp called "Let's Play" for intervention students in grades 1-3 to improve fluency and comprehension

• St. Lucie County School

  Classroom Teacher

  ~Teacher of the Year 2014
  ~Elementary school teacher- Clinical Education certified
  ~Teacher mentor
  ~Co-chair of Leadership Design Team
  ~Facilitated Professional Development opportunities for teachers, assistant principals and district principals
  ~Grades taught include 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th